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22nd Design and Technology Association Excellence Award Winners, On the 14th of October 2022, we had our 22nd Design and Technology Association Excellence Awards. This is an annual dinner event held at The Institution of Engineering and Technology, situated on the banks of the Thames in London. The Design and Technology Association Excellence Awards started in 1999 by the Design and Technology Association Trustees. The Awards recognise the commitment and achievements of teachers, teacher trainers, education consultants and academics across primary and secondary schools and further and higher education. Nominated and voted for by their colleagues or tutors,...
Response to Pearson Press Release - Proposed Design & Sustainability qualification, The Design and Technology Association welcomes calls for a revised version of the design and technology curriculum and acknowledges the need for managed subject reform. Pearson presented their thoughts to the Association at the end of November. While there are many aspects of the proposals presented that we are happy to support, there are also areas of some concern, and it was felt that we required more detail before responding in full. Our Reimagining D&T paper released last year followed extensive consultation and was also informed by...
D&T Bursary Raised for 2024, Many will have seen the extensive lobbying work which has been undertaken at the Association in response to the Education Policy Institute (EPI) Paper ‘A spotlight on D&T education in England’. This paper collected secondary research and presented a dire picture of the subject’s current position nationally. The Vision Paper, entitled ‘Reimagining D&T,’ was drawn up in response after a series of face-to-face and online teacher consultations across the UK. Teacher feedback helped to outline key proposals, recommendations, and calls to action from the Department for Education. One of the key...
Supporting home learning: Why these free resources are useful just now, Home learning, whether enforced or by choice, often needs the support of resources to help structure how student and children learn and are occupied effectively. This selection of resources, free to members, offer activities that children and young people can work on at home to help reinforce their learning and allow them to research areas that will help them in their deign and technology knowledge and understanding. There are plenty of other free members’ resources on the website that teachers might adapt for home learning. Additional Free...
Industry heavyweights Jonny Ive, Will Butler-Adams and Yewande Akinola back our vision to Reimagine D&T in schools, The Design and Technology Association were at the V&A Museum on Monday 24 July, launching our highly anticipated Vision Paper for 2023. Backed by Sir Jony Ive, Will Butler‑Adams OBE and Yewande Akinola among others, the paper highlights the urgent need for revitalising design and technology in the education system and calls for decisive action to address the decline of this key curriculum subject. Download the Reimagining D&T document Teachers nationwide unite to inform a vision to rejuvenate...
Is a ‘business as normal’ approach to the NEA the first tentative step towards establishing a new reality?, Context I should start by acknowledging that we are in not only unprecedented but also very fast-moving times. Those in positions of responsibility are tasked to make impactful decisions as the ground around them is metaphorically shifting. In such times all we can ask is that system leaders are driven by the right values and have a set of outcomes in mind that will benefit the majority, not the few. Whatever one thinks of the decisions made around...
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